Morden, Town—Ville, Manitoba (1891 census)
Morden, Town—Ville was a town in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,176. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q579689. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.190°N, 98.108°W.
Population
In 1891, Morden, Town—Ville had a population of 1,176: 623 male and 553 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Dufferin S, 1881 (0.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Morden, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 73 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,176 total population, 623 males, 553 females, 399 married persons, 234 families, 203 married males, 196 married females, 19 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 758 single persons under 18, 412 single males under 18, 346 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,157 persons who are not French Canadian, 19 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 233 houses, 233 occupied houses, 229 houses built of wood, 168 houses of 2 stories, 69 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 65 houses of 1 story, 58 houses of 4 rooms, 46 houses of 5 rooms, 28 houses of 2 rooms, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 14 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 1 room, 4 houses built of stone, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 102,445 bushels of spring wheat, 32,909 acres of land in farms, 32,320 bushels of oats, 21,179 acres of farmland in pasture, 17,160 pounds of homemade butter, 11,075 bushels of barley, 8,643 acres of improved land in farms, 8,639 acres of farmland under crops, 7,685 bushels of potatoes, 6,967 acres of wheat, 4,340 bushels of turnips, 3,087 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,262 chickens, 1,306 tons of hay, 1,222 acres of oats, 551 horses aged over 3 years, 482 other cattle, 465 acres of barley, 388 swine, 291 milk cows, 249 horses aged 3 years and under, 229 swine slaughtered or sold, 209 cattle killed or sold, 124 occupants of farms, 112 farm occupants who own their land, 83 turkeys, 76 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 61 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 47 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 38 oxen, 36 geese, 33 acres of potatoes, 23 ducks, 19 sheep, 12 farm occupants who rent their land, 8 acres of turnips, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 sheep slaughtered or sold, 4 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB009019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB009019— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q579689
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morden,_Manitoba
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morden_(Manitoba)
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1891 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "Morden, Town—Ville, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/morden-town-ville-mb009019-1891/.